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3 volumes ; 24 cm

V.1 The rule of faith -- Justification through Christ, and the merit of good works -- Faith in Christ : its object and character -- Divine revelation -- The authority and marks of the church -- The Roman Catholic Church -- The scriptures -- The church is the expounder of the scriptures -- Apostolical traditions -- The office of councils -- Extent of the inerrancy of the church -- v.2 Primacy of St. Peter and his successors -- The sacraments -- The eucharist -- Communion in one kine -- Sacrifice of the Mass -- Appendix to the Eucharist and sacrifice of the Mass -- v.3 Penance, or repentance -- Institution of the sacrament of penance -- The parts of the sacrament of penance -- Indulgences -- Purgatory -- Prayers for the dead -- The sacrament of extreme unction -- The sacrament of Holy order -- Celibacy of the clergy -- The religious or monastic state -- The sacrament of matrimony -- Relics, pictures and images -- The invocation of angels and saints -- Precepts of the church -- The fast of Lent -- Ember days and the vigils of feasts -- Abstinence on certain days -- Ceremonies -- The use of the latin tongue in the service of the church -- Appendix: The immaculate conception ; The infallibility of the Pope ; Chronological table of ecclesiastical writers and of councils ; Chronological table of the Popes of the first five centuries -- Index to the writers and works quoted

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